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Experienced low-voltage contractors know that there is more to taking an integration and wiring plan through to installation than just following a schematic—it is about marrying the theory of what the customer wants with the hands-on reality of how structured cabling fits into and supports a wider system infrastructure.
Integrators "get it from idea onto paper," said Jeff Jarvis, RCDD/NTS, vice president of operations at Primary Systems Inc., St. Louis. "We take the design criteria, and we actually put wire and cable on the drawings, along with termination details."
The overall process is usually broken down into a series of layers, starting with an end-user's requirements and resulting in the installation of wiring and components.
Traditionally, an owner begins by creating a high-level picture of what they want. An architect then usually fleshes out the details needed to move the design forward. Sometimes an engineering firm contributes to the design. A general contractor might then fill in additional elements before handing the design off to an electrical contractor who has expertise in system integration. But, with design/build projects, all the parties sit down together and plot out this plan using their unique skill sets.
Regardless of how the overall design evolves, any pieces of information that were missing from the original concept are filled in. End-user transparency is often the ultimate goal of any systems integration project, according to Jarvis.
"[Owners] want to see it as one big system," Jarvis said.
The completed design must support that goal, along with any functional requirements (flexibility, redundancy, scalability) that are necessary. By the time the project has reached the installation phase, all of those details need to be finalized and documented.
For the owner's concept to become a reality, the plan needs to be comprehensive and realistic. It should include the installation of structured cabling. Jarvis said the final piece of a good design is "the guys out in the field making it work."
ermination details, along with information on required testing and other commissioning-side work, are important components of a workable design, and they are rarely in place at the beginning of the process. Integrators and cablers work together to ensure those details are filled in.
In a world where fewer systems operate independently, contractors with the experience to take that initial design and turn it into reality will continue to earn more business.
"We are the ones that put in the equipment and make it do something," Jarvis said. "We make it talk to the other systems, so it is transparent for the end-users."
Integration specialists make the customer's concept come to life by filling in the gaps in the design. Cablers then turn that design into real-world substance. Sometimes, these entities are one in the same.
Many contractors in the integration space are seeing so much action these days that some now prefer to focus internal resources on little else.
"The integrations piece is where the push is right now," Jarvis said.
Experienced integrators are now highly desirable. However, Jarvis doesn't see enough skilled specialty contractors involved in the integration process to meet the demand.
Are you interested in jumping into or expanding your cabling business or integration work? Because of the increasing interdependence between systems, reliable cablers with experience in that last piece of the design process are certainly in demand. And while it can be a natural extension of your business to create integration and wiring teams that work together as a one-stop shop, it is also possible to focus only on cabling while still bringing in enough business to keep your crews busy.
If you would rather focus on cable installs and leave the systems side of things to someone else, consider partnering with a good integrator. They may have more visibility with the end-user early in the project, but they will value your expertise as the design process moves through its layers.
Much of the cabling work at Primary Systems is subcontracted out to wiring companies, and Jarvis said it is important to have an experienced cabling team involved in any system design. High-quality cablers know the importance of good labeling and thorough spreadsheets, "so they know exactly what they are putting in from point A to point B," he said.
Weaving together multiple complex systems takes planning at every stage, and the installation of structured cabling is no exception.
No matter if your company focuses on cabling, integration or both, a good team is essential.
"Find the right people," Jarvis said.
Do not assume because someone is strong on the integration side that he or she is the correct person to pull cable and vice versa. The skills needed to successfully integrate multiple disparate systems into a cohesive whole are not the same as those required to install wiring. But if you really want to excel in system design, you need to be sure that both are included in the project.
KNUDSON worked in facilities and telecom management before becoming a freelance business writer. She can be reached at www.julieknudson.com.

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I finished my book ten years ago. Then I studied the business practices and vernacular of the publishing industry for nine and a half years. Six months ago I started contacting literary agents. Despite my best efforts the rejections keep piling up.
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- Another agent said the story didn't draw her in, so I wrote back and reminded her it's a novel and not a coloring book.
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Educator Tax Deduction Testimony
June 08, 2012
Submitted To Committee on Ways and Means
Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures
Chairman Tiberi and Members of the Subcommittee. On behalf of the 3.2 million members of the National Education Association (NEA), we thank you for the opportunity to submit these comments for the record in conjunction with the hearing on certain expiring tax provisions. These comments focus on two specific expiring tax policies – the educator tax deduction and the Qualified Zone Academy Bond (QZAB) program.
Extend the Educator Tax Deduction
NEA strongly supports an extension of the educator tax deduction. This critical deduction, which expired at the end of the 2011 tax year, helps recognize the financial sacrifices made by teachers and education support professionals.
Educators often reach into their own pockets to purchase classroom supplies because they want to make sure students have what they need to succeed. Studies show that educators are spending more of their own funds each year to supply their classrooms and purchase essential items such as pencils, glue, scissors, and facial tissues. According to NEA's most recent survey, 97 percent of educators surveyed indicated that, in 2006, they had spent some of their own money to meet the needs of their students. These educators spent an average of $477 a year out of their own pockets to purchase classroom supplies such as books, pencils, paper, and art supplies.1
According to a 2010 report by Office Max, seven in ten teachers report their schools are not able to provide them with all the necessary tools to effectively teach their students, and 79% of educators say their classrooms are in need of more items that they currently lack such as essential classroom supplies, paper products, and arts and crafts supplies. The majority (82%) of teachers think it is their responsibility to ensure students have the best learning experience possible – no matter the price tag – spending their own money on supplies for their students each year. Everyday classroom supplies such as pencils and pens (78%), prizes and incentives (72%), and arts and crafts supplies (72%) top the list of purchases teachers make using their own cash. 2
Many educators are finding the need to reach into their own pocket has increased in these difficult economic times, as funding cuts lead to shortages in essential supplies and more students come to school without basic learning tools. A large majority of educators also spend an average of $15 a month out of their own pockets to feed students. (Status of the American Public School Teacher 2005–2006, March 2010.)3
The need for these expenditures is not surprising. According to First Focus:
- 2.7 million more children lived with an unemployed parent during a typical month in 2011, compared to 2007 (an increase of 71%), bringing the 2011 total to 6.5 million children;
- 3 million (47% of those living with an unemployed parent) lived, during a typical 2011 month, with a parent unemployed six months or longer;
- 8 million more additional children relied upon SNAP for food in 2011, compared to 2007, bringing the total number of children receiving SNAP to 21 million (one in four);
- 16 million children (more than one in five) currently live in poverty4
- One in three working families today find that employment does not guarantee a decent living standard. Forty percent of all children – 30 million kids – grow up in such households.5
The educator tax deduction is a bipartisan recognition of educators' financial sacrifices as well as of the needs of students who lack even the basic necessities for success in school. Extending it will make a real difference for many educators, who often must sacrifice other personal needs in order to pay for classroom supplies and instructional materials.
Expand the Educator Tax Deduction
We also strongly support the Teacher Tax Relief Act (H.R. 1738), introduced by Representative Reichert (R-WA). This bill would expand the educator deduction to cover professional development expenses, increase it from $250 to $500, and make the deduction permanent. Teacher quality is the single most critical factor in maximizing student achievement. Ongoing professional development is essential to ensure that educators stay up-to-date on the skills and knowledge necessary to prepare students for the challenges of the 21st century. Expanding the deduction to cover professional development expenses would make a critical difference in helping educators access quality training.
Extend the QZAB Program
NEA also supports extension of the Qualified Zone Academy Bonds program. On average, the buildings that house our public schools are more than 40 years old.6 The American Society of Civil Engineers gives the condition of our schools a grade of "D" and attributes the failure to upgrade them to "problems in the financial sector and declining revenues for states and local governments."7 According to Fix America's Schools Today (FAST!), a project of the Economic Policy Institute and the 21st Century School Fund schools need an estimated $500 billion in repairs and upgrades.
The QZAB program has proven to be an efficient and cost-effective way to help disadvantaged communities address pressing renovation and repair needs. QZABs assist school districts in rural and urban communities by providing a financing mechanism to renovate buildings and invest in equipment and technology. Investors receive a federal tax credit equal to the amount of interest payable on the bonds, thereby relieving local taxpayers and municipalities of the interest burden.
A school that is awarded a QZAB may use the funds to:
- renovate and repair buildings;
- invest in equipment and up-to-date technology;
- develop challenging curricula; or
- train quality teachers.
The QZAB program expired at the end of the 2011 tax year. We urge Congress to extend this critical program.
Thank you for your consideration of these comments.


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Founder and President Lila Rose started Live Action when she was just 15 years old from her family's living room. Since that time, Live Action has grown to become one of the leading national pro-life and human rights organizations in America, dedicated to ending abortion and inspiring a culture that respects and defends life.
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The preborn child is the most vulnerable member of the human family, yet the least protected. Under federal law, abortion is legal throughout pregnancy — right up until birth. These innocent human beings, who are entitled to the most basic human rights, deserve to be treated with dignity and respect.
2,363 preborn children will die in America today.
Every 90 seconds, a child is aborted at Planned Parenthood.
Under Federal law preborn children can be aborted up until birth.
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Finalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction
"A fascinating and moving account of a courageous and resourceful woman. Beautifully written and utilizing previously untapped sources it sheds new light both on the father of our country and on the intersections of slavery and freedom." --Eric Foner, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Fiery Trial and Gateway to Freedom
A startling and eye-opening look into America's First Family, Never Caught is the powerful narrative of Ona Judge, George and Martha Washington's runaway slave who risked everything to escape the nation's capital and reach freedom.
When George Washington was elected president, he reluctantly left his beloved Mount Vernon to serve in Philadelphia, the temporary seat of the nation's capital. In setting up his household he took Tobias Lear, his celebrated secretary and eight slaves, including Ona Judge, about whom little has been written. As he grew accustomed to Northern ways, there was one change he couldn't get his arms around: Pennsylvania law required enslaved people be set free after six months of residency in the state. Rather than comply, Washington decided to circumvent the law. Every six months he sent the slaves back down south just as the clock was about to expire.
Though Ona Judge lived a life of relative comfort, the few pleasantries she was afforded were nothing compared to freedom, a glimpse of which she encountered first-hand in Philadelphia. So, when the opportunity presented itself, Judge left everything she knew to escape to New England. Yet freedom would not come without its costs.
At just twenty-two-years-old, Ona became the subject of an intense manhunt led by George Washington, who used his political and personal contacts to recapture his property.
With impeccable research, historian Erica Armstrong Dunbar weaves a powerful tale and offers fascinating new scholarship on how one young woman risked it all to gain freedom from the famous founding father.
Author Notes
Erica Armstrong Dunbar is the Charles and Mary Beard Professor of History at Rutgers University. Her first book, A Fragile Freedom: African American Women and Emancipation in the Antebellum City , was published by Yale University Press in 2008. Her second book, Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge was a 2017 finalist for the National Book Award in nonfiction and a winner of the 2018 Frederick Douglass Book Award.
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Booklist Review
Ona Judge was born into slavery as the property of Martha Washington. She became a favorite house slave, attending to Martha at all hours of the day. When George Washington won the presidency, she joined the First Family in New York and later Philadelphia. At the time, Pennsylvania law declared that slaves must be emancipated after six months in the state. In order to skirt the law, Washington regularly sent his slaves back to Virginia to reset their six-month clocks and keep them enslaved. When Martha Washington decided to give Ona to her daughter as a wedding present, Ona escaped to New Hampshire. The Washingtons pursued her for years, refusing to accept that she wanted to be free. In this narrative history, professor Dunbar explores the horrific nature of slavery through the lives of Ona and other slaves in Washington's household. Ona's story provides critical insights into the experiences of slaves and free black people in the antebellum period. Never Caught is an important read for anyone interested in American history.--Chanoux, Laura Copyright 2017 Booklist
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As President George Washington's second term was coming to a close, one of his household slaves escaped to freedom, never to return. Oney "Ona" Judge (1773-1848) was born into slavery and worked as a dressmaker and attendant for First Lady Martha Washington. Her story is remarkable for its daring, success, and what it reveals about the personal lives and beliefs of the Washingtons. Judge fled to New Hampshire where she lived for nearly another half century as a freewoman, despite repeated attempts by an angry Washington to capture and return her to his plantation. Dunbar (history, Univ. of Delaware) has the difficult task of reconstructing a slave narrative when few facts are from Judge herself. Other than a handful of interviews given at the end of her life, Judge's experiences were never recorded, leaving Dunbar to build the account from the extensive record of the Washington family's domestic life, filling in likely details from other slave autobiographies. VERDICT This work adds new insights into the little-known story of Ona Judge and provides an important look at America's first president from the perspective of a woman he enslaved. Recommended for readers interested in U.S. history.-Nicholas Graham, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill © Copyright 2016. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Never Caught One Betty's Daughter List of slaves at Mount Vernon, 1799. Courtesy of Mount Vernon Ladies' Association. In June of 1773, the unimaginable happened: it snowed in Virginia. During the first week of June, the typical stifling heat that almost always blanketed Virginia had not yet laid its claim on the colony. Daytime temperatures fluctuated from sultry warmth to a rainy chill during the first few days of the month. Even more peculiar yet, on June 11, it snowed. As he did most days, Colonel George Washington sat down and recorded the unusual weather, writing, "Cloudy & exceeding Cold Wind fresh from the No. West, & Snowing." His diary went on to note, "Memorandum--Be it remembered that on the eleventh day of June in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy three It rain'd Hail'd snow'd and was very Cold." The men and women who lived on George and Martha Washington's estate must have marveled at the peculiar snow, but whatever excitement the unusual weather brought was most certainly replaced by concern. Shabby clothing and uninsulated slave cabins turned winter into long periods of dread for the enslaved men and women at Mount Vernon and across the colony of Virginia. Although the intense heat of summer brought its own difficulties, winter brought sickness, long periods of isolation, and heightened opportunities for the auction block. To exacerbate matters, the selling of slaves frequently occurred at the beginning of the year, connecting the winter month of January to a fear of deep and permanent loss. The snow in June, then, could only be a sign of very bad things to come. For the nearly 150 slaves who labored on the Mount Vernon estate in 1773, a mixture of superstition, African religious practices, and English beliefs in witchery must have intensified a sense of fear. Things that were inconsistent with nature were interpreted as bad omens, commonly bringing drought, pestilence, and death. As for what this snow portended, only time would tell. Sure enough, eight days after the snow fell, Martha Parke Custis, daughter of Martha Washington, fell terribly ill. The stepdaughter of George Washington, just seventeen, had long struggled with a medical condition that rendered her incapable of controlling her body. Plagued by seizures that began during her teenage years, "Patsy" Custis most likely suffered from epilepsy. The early discipline of medicine was far from mature, offering few options for cures outside of bleeding and purges. Her parents had spent the last five years consulting with doctors and experimenting with unhelpful medicinal potions, diet, exercise modifications, and of course, deep prayer. Their faith was tested on June 19 when Patsy Custis and a host of invited family members were finishing up with dinner a little after four o'clock. Although sickly, Washington's stepdaughter had been "in better health and spirits than she appeared to have been in for some time." After dinner and quiet conversation with family, Patsy excused herself and went to retrieve a letter from her bedroom. Eleanor Calvert, Patsy's soon-to-be sister-in-law, went to check on the young woman and found her seizing violently on the floor. Patsy was moved to the bed, but there was very little anyone could do. Within two minutes, she was gone. The June snow and Patsy's death combined to create an eerie feeling of uncertainty. House slaves understood that Martha Washington would need to be handled with more care than usual, especially since this was not the first child that she had lost. Two of her toddlers had succumbed to the high childhood mortality rates of colonial Virginia, and Patsy's death left the devastated mother with only one living child. George Washington wrote to his nephew, breaking the news of his stepdaughter's death and his wife's emotional distress, stating, "I scarce need add [that Patsy's death] has almost reduced my poor Wife to the lowest ebb of Misery." George Washington wasn't the only one attuned to Martha's emotional state. Slave women who worked in the Mansion House tended to the devastated Martha Washington, taking great care to respect their grieving mistress, while helping the household prepare for Patsy's funeral. Yet while the mistress Martha Washington wept over the loss of her daughter, a slave woman named Betty (also known as Mulatto Betty) prepared for an arrival of her own. Born sometime around 1738, Betty was a dower slave; that is, she was "property" owned by Martha Washington's first husband, Daniel Parke Custis. As a seamstress and expert spinner who was among Mrs. Washington's favored slaves, the bondwoman had a long history with her mistress, one that predated the relationship between Colonel Washington and his wife and one that had seen Martha endure great heartbreak. In 1757 Betty watched her mistress survive the sudden loss of her first husband, followed by the death of her four-year-old daughter, Frances. She also watched Martha reemerge from sorrow's clutch. Betty continued to spin and sew as her mistress took control of the family business, which included six plantations and close to three hundred slaves that fed Virginia's tobacco economy. With the death of her husband, Martha Parke Custis stood in control of over 17,500 acres of land, making her one of the wealthiest widows in the colony of Virginia, if not throughout the entire Chesapeake. Before her move to Mount Vernon, Betty worked in the Custis home known as the White House on the Pamunkey River in New Kent County, Virginia. Two years after the death of her owner, Betty learned that her mistress was to remarry. She most likely received the news of her mistress's impending second marriage with great wariness as word spread that Martha Custis's intended was Colonel George Washington. The colonel was a fairly prominent landowner with a respectable career as a military officer and an elected member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. His marriage to the widowed Martha Custis would offer him instant wealth and the stability of a wife and family that had eluded him. For her part, the young widow had managed to secure a surrogate father to help raise her two living children. She had also found a partner with whom she could spend the rest of her days. Nevertheless, a huge yet necessary transition awaited Martha Custis as she prepared to marry and move to the Mount Vernon estate, nearly one hundred miles away. For Betty, as well as the hundreds of other slaves that belonged to the Custis estate, the death of their previous owner and Martha's marriage to George Washington was a reminder of their vulnerability. It was often after the death of an owner that slaves were sold to remedy the debts held by an estate. Betty and all those enslaved at New Kent had no idea what kind of financial transactions would transpire, which families would be split apart, never to be united again. For enslaved women, the moral character of the new owner was also a serious concern. When George and Martha Washington married in January of 1759, Betty was approximately twenty-one years old and considered to be in the prime of her reproductive years. She was unfamiliar with her new master's preferences, or more importantly, if he would choose to exercise his complete control over her body. All of the enslaved women who would leave for Mount Vernon most likely worried about their new master's protocol regarding sexual relations with his slaves. But of greater consequence for Betty was the future for her young son, Austin. Born sometime around 1757, Austin was a baby or young toddler when his mistress took George Washington's hand in marriage. To lose him before she even got to know him, to have joined the thousands who stood by powerlessly while their children were "bartered for gold," as the poet Frances Ellen Watkins Harper wrote, would have been devastating. As she prepared to move to Mount Vernon, Martha Washington selected a number of slaves to accompany her on the journey to Fairfax County. Betty and Austin were, to Betty's relief, among them. The highest-valued mother-and-child pair in a group that counted 155 slaves, they arrived in April of 1759. Betty managed to do what many slave mothers couldn't: keep her son. Austin's very young age would have prohibited the Custis estate from fetching a high price if he were sold independently from his mother. Perhaps this fact, in addition to Betty's prized position in the Custis household, ensured that she would stay connected to her child as she moved away from the place she had called home. As Martha Washington settled into her new life with her second husband at Mount Vernon, a sprawling estate consisting of five separate farms, Betty also adapted, continuing her spinning, weaving, tending to her son, and making new family and friends at the plantation. The intricacies of Betty's romantic life at Mount Vernon remain unclear, but what we do know is that more than a decade after giving birth to Austin, Betty welcomed more children into the world. Her son, Tom Davis, was born around 1769, and his sister Betty Davis arrived in 1771. Unlike Austin, these two children claimed a last name, one that most likely linked them to a hired white weaver named Thomas Davis. George and Martha Washington placed their most "valued" and favored slaves inside the household. Martha Washington allowed only those slaves she felt to be the most polished and intelligent to toil within the walls of the main house, and that included Betty, whose skills as a clothier ranged from knowledge of expert weaving to the dyeing of expensive and scarce fabric. Betty and a corps of talented enslaved seamstresses not only outfitted their masters but also stitched together clothing for the hundreds of slaves at Mount Vernon. Now, in 1773, fourteen years after she watched her mistress experience the death of her first child, Betty witnessed her mistress come undone once again. The loss of her daughter Patsy left Martha Washington almost inconsolable and stood in contrast with Betty's relative good fortune. Martha Washington had lost young Frances in 1759, just as Betty was blessed with the arrival of her son Austin. Now, the circumstances were nearly identical, for as Martha Washington grieved over the loss of her daughter, Betty began preparing for the arrival of another child. June snow served as a marker of death for the Washingtons but issued a very different signal to Betty. It marked the beginning of a life that would be as unusual as summertime winter weather. Sometime around or after the June snow of 1773, Betty gave birth to a daughter named Ona Maria Judge. This girl child would come to represent the complexity of slavery, the limits of black freedom, and the revolutionary sentiments held by many Americans. She would be called Oney. Betty, like other bondwomen, increased her owner's wealth each time she bore a child. Although she called George Washington her master, he owned neither Betty nor her children. As a dower slave, Betty was technically owned by Martha Washington and the Custis estate. The birth of Ona Judge would not add value to George Washington's coffers, but her body would be counted among the human property that would produce great profit for Martha Washington and the Custis children and grandchildren. Similar to Betty's other children, Ona had a surname. It belonged to her father, Andrew Judge, an English-born white man. On July 8, 1772, Andrew Judge found his way to America via an indenture agreement, contracting himself to Alexander Coldelough, a merchant from Leeds, England. In exchange for his passage to "Baltimore or any port in America" as well as a promise of food, clothing, appropriate shelter, and an allowance, Judge handed over four years of his life. Although indentured servitude served as the engine for population growth in the early seventeenth century, Andrew Judge entered into service at a time when fewer and fewer English men agreed to hand over their lives for an opportunity in the colonies. Why did he come? Indenture agreements never made clear the circumstances from which a person was exiting, so it is quite possible that Judge was running from debt or a life of destitution. Whatever the problem, the solution for Judge was life as a servant in the colonies, uncertainty and all. He landed in Alexandria, Virginia, where George Washington purchased his indenture for thirty pounds. Mount Vernon relied primarily upon slave labor; however, Washington included a number of white indentured servants in his workforce. White servitude had its advantages, but by the late eighteenth century, planters like Washington often complained about their unreliability, their tendency for attempted escape, and their laziness. Yet Andrew Judge did not appear as the target of Washington's ire in any of his correspondence. In fact he became a trusted tailor relied upon by the colonel for outfitting him at the most important of moments. By 1774 he appeared in the Mount Vernon manager's account book as responsible for creating the blue uniform worn by Washington when he was named commander in chief of the American forces. Judge was responsible for making clothing for the entire Washington family, which would have required him to make frequent visits to the main house, where he would come into contact with Betty. In her mid- to late thirties, Betty became acquainted with the indentured tailor. Interracial relationships were far from uncommon in Virginia at the time, and many mixed-race children were counted among the enslaved. Perhaps Betty and Andrew Judge flirted with one another, eventually engaging in a mutual affair. Maybe the two bound laborers fell in love. If either of these scenarios were true, Betty probably chose her lover, a most powerful example of agency in the life of an enslaved woman. Understanding the inherited status of slavery, Betty would have known that any child born to her would carry the burden of slavery, that any child she bore would be enslaved. Nonetheless, a union with Andrew Judge could facilitate a road to emancipation for their child and perhaps for Betty herself. Eventually Judge would work through his servitude agreement and become a free man. If he saved enough money, he could offer to purchase his progeny, as well as Betty and her additional children. Although a legal union in Virginia between a white man and a black woman would not be recognized for almost two centuries, Judge's eventual rise in status out of the ranks of servant to that of a free, landholding, white man offered potential power. Andrew Judge may not have been able to marry Betty, but if he loved her, he could try to protect her and her family from the vulnerability of slavery. Love or romance, however, may not have brought the two bound laborers together. Although he was a servant, Andrew Judge was a white man with the power to command or force a sexual relationship with the enslaved Betty. What is lost to us is just how consensual their relationship may have been. Perhaps Judge stalked Betty, eventually forcing himself upon her. As a black woman, she would have virtually no ability to protect herself from unwanted advances or sexual attack. The business of slavery received every new enslaved baby with open arms, no matter the circumstances of conception. What we do know is that their union, whether brief or extended, consensual or unwanted, resulted in the birth of a daughter. We also know that however Judge defined his relationship to his daughter, it wasn't enough to keep him at Mount Vernon. Eventually Andrew Judge left and built upon the opportunity that indentured servitude promised. By the 1780s Andrew Judge lived in his own home in Fairfax County. Listed among the occupants of his home were six additional residents, one of whom was black. It's uncertain if Andrew Judge owned a slave or if he simply hired a free black person who lived on and worked his land. What is clear from the evidence left behind is that Judge left Mount Vernon and his enslaved daughter behind. Perhaps he attempted to purchase Betty and his child but was refused the opportunity by the Washingtons. Or maybe Judge simply didn't want a complicated relationship with an enslaved woman and a mixed-race daughter. Whatever hope, if any, Betty had placed upon the relationship with Andrew Judge collapsed quickly, leaving her at Mount Vernon to raise Ona and her siblings, including Philadelphia, a daughter she gave birth to after Ona but before Judge left, sometime around 1780. Leaving his child behind at Mount Vernon, Andrew Judge's parting gift to his daughter was a surname and a unique first name. The name is both African and Gaelic, and no other slave at Mount Vernon or the White House on the Pamunkey River was named Ona. Perhaps even more exceptional was that she was given a middle name, Maria. Her distinctive name set her apart from her siblings and from the majority of the other bondmen and bondwomen who toiled with her in Virginia. The slaves who were directly connected to the work at the Mansion House lived across the road from the blacksmith's forge in the communal space known as the Quarters, or House for Families. Betty and other women who worked in the Mansion House were typically required to be present from sunrise to sundown, preparing meals, mending clothes, cleaning, spinning, and performing other domestic tasks, leaving most enslaved children separated from their parent or parents most of the day. Many of the children at Mount Vernon began structured labor between the ages of nine and fourteen, but most performed odd jobs just as soon as they were physically able. As very young enslaved children were unhelpful and sometimes considered a nuisance, they were often left in the Quarters without much supervision beyond the older slave women, who were deemed incapable of working in the fields and no longer up to the task of domestic work. Bushy haired, with light skin and freckles, a young Ona probably spent some of her days playing with her siblings and other enslaved children in the Quarters. More often than not, though, she had to learn how to fend for herself. Judge and the other children at Mount Vernon cried out in loneliness for their parents, witnessed the brutality of whippings and corporal punishment, and fell victim to early death due to accidental fires and drowning. Childhood for enslaved girls and boys was fleeting and fraught with calamity. Many perished before reaching young adulthood. Judge's childhood wasn't shortened by a plantation fatality. Instead, hers ended at age ten, when she was called to serve Martha Washington up at the Mansion House. A good number of children at Mount Vernon did not live with both of their parents, a circumstance created by the separation of enslaved spouses. Washington may not have broken up slave marriages by selling away husbands and wives, but he was not averse to separating slave couples by placing them on different farms. While he may not have purposefully disrupted slave unions, the business of slavery and the needs of Mount Vernon always came first. For slave couples and enslaved families, this meant that they would see each other only when permission was given. Just like other enslaved children, Ona Judge did not spend the majority of her youth with two parents. Andrew Judge had the privilege of white skin and the power anchored in a male body that allowed him to slip away from a life of unpaid labor. Betty had neither gender nor race on her side, and spent the entirety of her life in human bondage in Virginia, a colony that would eventually become the slave-breeding capital of a new nation. Ona Judge learned valuable lessons from both of her parents. From her mother she would learn the power of perseverance. From her father, Judge would learn that the decision to free oneself trumped everything, no matter who was left behind. Excerpted from Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge by Erica Armstrong Dunbar All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.


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Alvarez's two homers top offense, but Chicago again gets best of starter
CHICAGO -- Jason Hammel finally met Wrigley Field on Wednesday night, and if the Cubs' starter felt blown away, it might have had something to do with the wind constantly sending balls over the fence.
But Pirates manager Clint Hurdle already knew the place well, so he was not particularly impressed by the weird events of the Cubs' 7-5 victory over his Bucs.
"You can chalk that up to Wrigley Field," Hurdle said after the Pirates hit five home runs -- of their six total hits -- in the loss. "A lot of crazy things in the game tonight."
Pedro Alvarez and Russell Martin each hitting two home runs was not so crazy, as it was their ninth and eighth multi-homer games, respectively.
But how about this: The Bucs scoring five runs while going 0-for-0 with men in scoring position.
"Don't know if you've ever seen that before," Hurdle said, chuckling. "Not a single man in scoring position, and we get five runs."
Something the Pirates had seen before: Wandy Rodriguez pitching well, enough so for delight over the effort to outweigh disappointment over the loss.
"The line doesn't look as good as what we saw," Hurdle said after the lefty went through 99 pitches in five innings. "All in all, an optimistic outing for him. He's doing some good things. And he feels healthy."
And things should get better from here for Rodriguez, because he will not have to see either Emilio Bonifacio or Hammel for at least two months.
For the second time in six days, those two Cubs ganged up on the Pittsburgh lefty, this time in front of 28,247 at Wrigley Field.
Bonifacio helped Chicago to a quick lead by, naturally, leading off the first with a single and eventually scoring on Justin Ruggiano's double. Rodriguez exacted a bit of revenge three innings later with his best clutch pitches of the night, but he could not revel in that for too long.
Hammel again tamed the Pirates' lineup, holding it to three hits in seven innings -- and not much caring that all three hits left the yard, because he had a big lead with which to work.
"Two consecutive outings, he's made pitches against us; he's been a puzzle for us," Hurdle said. "We wanted to counter-punch better than we were able to."
"He's making pitches, keeping the ball down," Martin said, "and when he does, he's got good movement on his fastball."
The Bucs muscled up for three homers off Hammel, but all were solo, and two came after he already had a 7-1 lead, with the Cubs roughing up both Rodriguez and reliever Jeanmar Gomez.
"I got my first taste of Wrigley, and I hope it's much kinder next time," Hammel said. "When the wind is howling out, you've got to keep the ball down, and I made three mistakes today, and they all left the yard. I think a couple of those are outs in other ballparks, but you still have to keep the ball down."
The Pirates hit two more solo homers in the ninth, with Alvarez and Martin going back to back off Pedro Strop.
"We don't give up, whatever the score. We keep fighting. That's kinda our DNA," Martin said. "We're aware that some days we'll get beat, but we'll never cave in."
The previous time the night's starters met, last Thursday in Pittsburgh, the Bucs had gotten two hits off Hammel in 6 2/3 innings. That looked like a beating compared to what he did to them through four Wednesday night, retiring the first 12 batters he saw.
The string, and all the zeros, ended when Alvarez led off with the fifth with his third homer of the season, temporarily tying the score at 1.
The Cubs went to their long game to reclaim the lead minutes later. With two outs in the bottom of the fifth, Anthony Rizzo singled, and Mike Olt followed with a homer into the left-field bleachers, his second on the year, both struck off Rodriguez. Junior Lake then followed with a homer over the left-field bleachers, onto Waveland Avenue.
The changeup punished by Lake was, by all accounts, the only truly bad one of Rodriguez's 99 pitches.
"Everything I threw tonight was very good -- curve, most changeups," Rodriguez said. "Except for that last change [to Lake] … big mistake."
Rodriguez was finished after that inning -- he was charged with nine hits and four runs over five -- but the Cubs were not. They added three more runs in the sixth against Gomez, the last of them scoring when Cubs manager Rick Renteria challenged the out call at first on Lake for what would have been an inning-ending double play. After review, umpire Mark Carlson's call was overturned, counting the run Rizzo had carried in from third.
In the fourth, after Hammel's sacrifice bunt had moved up two runners -- thus also leaving first base open -- Martin engaged Rodriguez in a little mound-top chat. Presumably, the subject was whether to pitch to Bonifacio's resume -- he is, after all, a lifetime .266 hitter -- or give in to his fire, as blinking on the scoreboard was his current .514 average. Rodriguez chose "resume," and he struck out Bonifacio. However, Rodriguez was running for cover the next inning, and the game was soon out of reach.
Seventh-inning home runs by Travis Snider and Martin thus could only downgrade Hammel's effort from genuine gem to solid performance.


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jeffm725 wrote:yeah in my circles we always called it the stronger than dirt jam, but it is not that either, this is really its own jam
here is the way we had it arranged,
before I get there, by the way, there is also an Ebmin in there which is subsituted for the G#min on the last time before it goes to the single note odd time "riffs".
Also there is a diminshed chord in there,in the midst of all this, I call it eb dim7, (I know, I know could be c dim7, or Gb or A!!!)
here is the fingering of where I start the diminshed and then I obviously will swing it down 3 frets up 3 frets, up 6 frets, up 9 frets. The normal dimisihed inversion like you would do on Let it grow or slipknot.
x diminished7
Here is the arrangement leading up to the 'riff"
note: this is how we arranged it, the Deads arrangement was loose and pretty musch different almost every night.
It does help to have a set number of bars arranged as to keep the band tight>
Here goes...
Riding along in emaj7
and then:
1st time:
G#min 8 bars >>>>Emaj7 8 bars
2nd Time
G#min 8 bars>>>>Emaj7 8 bars
3rd time
Ebmin 4 bars>>EbDim7 4 bars>>Emaj7 8 bars
4th time
Ebmin 4 bars >> To Riff **
Riff repeats 4 times and then Goes to the Dmin for 8 bars, after 8 bars of Dmin, the whole "Riff">Dimin sequence repeats (we did the "Riff" >>Dmin sequence 4 times and off the 4th Dminor instead of going back to the riff we would hit back to the Emaj7 ....Not exactly what the boys did, but effective
Tennessee Jedi wrote:thanks Jeff
looks great !
I'm checking out DP'S # 19 (10/19/73) Eyes now ...
If the Dead cant do it - how can I ?Also they were not "together" on the changes.
Really nice job, Pete! Fun stuff.Pete B. wrote:I gave the Englisgton Eyes another shot today.
For better or worse (not sure yet).
It should come here when it completes YT processing:
Hey Now, Thanks to Terry's 1/2-speed file of the 2nd solo, I now believe this little nugg-lette is:Pete B. wrote:Hey Team,
I need the little Jerry lick that is at approx 9:05-9:08 of the DP15 Eyes (Englishtown).
This is the A-chord moment of the EMaj7>Bm>A jam, where he does a quick slide up to the first note of a fast descending run over the A-chord.
pete b.
Pete B. wrote:
This guy has an incredible amount of instructional material. I would reccomend going directly to the Modes Workshop and Introduction To Modes. He has a section on CAGED at: http://www.highcountryguitar.com/caged.htm,


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Fifteen clay figures in the form of Haring's iconic dancing people are placed in the environment to interact and to make reconciliation with nature. Jospeh Beuy's and Andy Goldsworthy's genius in creating aesthetically pleasing works from nature heavily influenced my art-making practice, documenting the actions of the clay figures in the form of digital photography.
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The then-90-year-old Worthington married Icelandic singer Anna Mjöll Ólafsdóttir, fifty years his junior, back in April. The divorce filing predictably cites "irreconcilable differences." Also predictable is the intention of the former Eurovision contestant to seek spousal support from the very wealthy Worthington.
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There's no shortage these days of free compilation CDs featuring various artists. Samplers often come attached to rock magazines or turn up on the counter at trendy retail stores. Some are sponsored by a local radio station or business, and the acts can range from big names to complete unknowns. It's a smart marketing tool for up-and-coming musicians to expand their fan base. New artists compilations can be inconsistent in quality, but with some careful listening, you might discover at least a few gems.
"Something In You," recorded by The Orange Peels (not to be confused with the Scottish band, Orange Juice), was on one of those discs that came with Paste (the magazine also attached free DVDs). Its a melodic love song that artfully blends the atmospheric keyboards of 1980s techno music with the ringing guitars of power pop, and features singer-chief songwriter Allen Clapp's androgynous vocals.
Clapp captures the yearning of a guy who imagines an exhilarating lifestyle with a woman he barely knows: "Something in you makes me want to be so free." It's almost a plea for validation as Clapp sings, "Tell me that you see some hope in me." I have "Something In You" on an iTunes playlist where it's directly followed by "Something That You Said," a rare techno pop effort from The Bangles. It would also pair nicely with The Pretenders' "Show Me."


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John Underkoffler : Animating Spirit. "A way to change everything is to build a completely new HMI. The new HMI will be exhilarating, beautiful, and capable, a complement and compliment to people. Just as surely as we do it will occupy real-world space, because that's where the action is and because it will need to pay special heed to hands and what they're up to. It will be characterized, like living things, by dynamism, by motion elegant and allusive and comic. It will make the pixels it inhabits — projected and barnacled, singular and teeming, sessile and itinerant — it will make these brazenly heterogeneous pixels interoperable: at once incidental and indispensable. This new HMI will embody a conviction that design, that fundamental human activity, is its as well. And it will infect everything built atop it with the same sentiment. The resulting world might well be one we like. So let's see."
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Ross Miller took a trip to Oblong industries to check out their work in multi-screen hand gesture computers à la Minority Report. Then John Underkoffler — Oblong co-founder and chief scientist, as well as the science adviser for Minority Report and Iron Man — talks in-studio with Josh. Fascination, awe, even an ounce of fear — you won't believe Josh's range of emotion.


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Presenting the week's challenge – You may use the words and/or the image for this week's prompt.
daymare – (noun) – A terrifying experience, having the characteristics of a nightmare, during wakefulness.
nightmare – (noun) – An oppressed state during sleep, accompanied by a feeling of intense fear, horror, or anxiety, or of inability to escape from some threatened danger or from pursuing phantoms or monsters. Also, called incubus.
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These healthy parfaits are one of my favorite breakfasts. I take plain Greek yogurt, stir in peanut butter and a bit of vanilla, then toss in a handful of banana slices and blueberries. Sometimes I'll add honey to the yogurt or stir in some chopped peanuts for a little crunch.
I used to just pile it into a bowl until I realized it only take a minute or two to layer all the ingredients and suddenly my quick-and-easy breakfast looks like a fancy little treat. I'm sharing the recipe and step-by-step instructions over at I Love Peanut Butter's website today, so head over and take a look!


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As the number and type of channels to reach customers continues to evolve, it is getting complex for organisations to determine the most effective way to attract and retain their ideal prospects – and manage the process of doing so internally.
It is therefore more important than ever to implement multi-channel integration, internally, reflecting every point along the marketing journey. Getting the formula right internally will enable more than the delivery of joined-up, consistent programmes: it will allow marketers to keep control of their activity, measure it and, crucially, use the insights gleaned to be more effective going forward.
Whilst organisations will, of course, tailor their external channel strategy to the needs of their audience, sector and objectives – the golden thread tying together all organisations' marketing efforts – whether B2B or B2C, is the need for cross-channel integration.
And an increasingly important component of the marketing strategy is social media, which now has a place firmly set at the table with more traditional marketing tactics. Social media is no longer a "nice to have" – it forms a key cornerstone of both high impact and knee deep activity.
And of course, using social media effectively throws out its own internal business challenges.
Each organisation will have its own unique way of tackling social media, for example, the channels prioritised by B2B and B2C brands differ. Consumer brands have an emphasis on Facebook, for example, whereas B2B companies have much more of a split between Facebook and LinkedIn.
So, even down to the granularity between channels: organisations must have a robust strategy to implement, monitor and measure cross-channel success. A holistic overview is essential.
Consolidated listening, engagement and management are key to ensuring that brand messages are consistent across all channels. With the enterprise often managing social channels in silos, the ability to share resources and focus different teams on shared goals through a shared environment is invaluable.
B2B and B2C marketers alike can benefit both from each other and from technology to engage customers, improve the quality of sales leads and increase customer loyalty.
We all understand that some campaigns are more effective than others. But by ensuring true integration across channels, now we can pinpoint why and measure success across the whole organisation.
Whether your target audience is high or low volume, business or consumer, once activities are fully integrated, the marketing function can become even more valuable in generating revenue and clearly demonstrate a commercial impact on the organisation.
The ability to integrate and share data continually allows us to personalise interactions across channels and deliver content that resonates with customers. Now's the time to treat employees as another critical audience, by aligning and integrating processes and sharing the same valuable data internally. Empower your employees to evaluate, refine, repeat – make this your year of effective employee experience.


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Inspired by and adapted from her breakout book 7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess, 7 Days of Christmas takes Hatmaker's social experiments in seven key areas--food, clothes, spending, media, possessions, waste, stress--and turns them into thoughtful and practical generosity that captures the true spirit of Christmas.
7 Days of Christmas covers 7 days during the Christmas season to practice both generosity and restraint in the areas related to the book. It will contain snippets of Jen's journey throughout to offer insight, humor, ideas, facts, and encouragement for the reader to consider while embracing this change, if only for 24 hours.
We'll see the reasons why each area is important to Jen and also applicable to most American families. We'll also see how that particular area of excess impacts the family unit, the community, and the world at large--complete with ideas on how to reduce thoughtless consumption and consider other practices that lead to less stuff but more joy.
As a writer, teacher, and speaker with a busy work and family life, Victoria Duerstock understands that all the tasks of the holiday season can make it easy to forget the true joy that Christmas can bring. In Heart & Home for Christmas, Duerstock brings her mission to inspire hope for God's purpose, and her 20 years of experience in the furniture and design industry together, connecting Scripture with design elements and easy decorating tips in a way that reflects the true spirit of Christmas. The devotions and holiday decorating tips will encourage spiritual growth and inspiration to have both a captivating heart and home at Christmas.
We live in a world full of bad news. The media recounts stories of natural disasters, violence, and conflict. In the midst of all this heartbreak, we can't lose sight of the fact that God has given us good news. We call it the gospel. It reminds us that God loves us and longs to redeem our suffering. He stepped out of eternity and into time to send us His one and only Son. The gospel truths shared with the early church at Rome echo into our day, reminding us that we still have good news to embrace personally and to share with others.
In this six-week study of the Book of Romans, we will be highlighting significant concepts regarding the good news about faith, grace, daily life, God's plan, relationships, and eternity. Whatever bad news we may receive, in Romans we will find good news to encourage and transform us.
Join Melissa in taking a posture of listening and learning as we approach this powerful book packed with good news? Let's ask God to do a mighty work in and through us as we study so that we might be inspired with a spiritual renewal that spreads to those around us
The word fierce is trendy. It is used to describe women who are supermodels, extreme athletes, or high-level executives. Women at the top of their game. But what about the rest of us? Can we be fierce? Absolutely In fact, women like us have been changing the world for thousands of years--many who received little fanfare yet lived fiercely anyway. In this six-week study we will look at lesser-known female characters in the Bible and the ways they changed the world by living into God's calling, including:
The midwives of Egypt (Shiphrah and Puah), who made hard decisions in the face of evil
Deborah, who was an unlikely and powerful leader
The Shunnamite Woman, who bravely served and reaped God's blessings
The Woman at the Well, who boldly repented and shared her faith
Lois and Eunice, who parented with intentionality and effectiveness
Priscilla, who discipled many others
As we explore their lives, we will discover how we too can live into our callings, honor the Lord, and even change the world through our courage, faithfulness, and obedience.
When Cheryl Hale discovered a note from her grandmother, written to her mother and tucked in a family Bible, ending with the phrase "Girl be brave," she found the inspiration she needed to push through her fear and chart a course for her life.
In Girl Be Brave: 100 Days to Chart Your Course the 100 reflections, inspired by Cheryl's grandmother's note, encourage readers to embrace the plan God has for them, face their fears, and discover that they are braver that they ever thought possible.
Do you ever feel like God is taking too long to answer your prayers? Have you ever taken matters into your own hands, only to discover that you've made the situation worse?
Waiting on God challenges our faith when the bills are stacking up, our families are falling apart, or our dreams feel like they won't come true. We know that God hears our prayers, but it's hard when the clock is ticking yet He hasn't shown us the answer.
In this four-week Bible study, Barb Roose invites us to explore the stories of women in the Bible who had to wait on God-- women such as Hannah, Ruth, Tamar, and the unnamed woman who suffered for over a decade with a painful medical condition. If you've felt anxious, angry, discouraged or depressed because God isn't giving you what you want, their stories will breathe fresh hope and practical next steps in your life. As a reforming control lover, Barb mixes in her personal stories of learning how to wait for God during long seasons of unanswered prayers, family difficulties, and challenging times in ministry. Together we will discover that there is goodness and blessing to be found in times of waiting, including a closer relationship with God than we've ever dared to dream.
We hear a lot about some of the "big" names in the Bible. Moses. Mary. Paul. But what about those who have a small mention, or whose names aren't even known? What might they have to teach us about the faith journey? Footnotes is a unique four-week study that introduces us to some people who are just a brief blip on the screen of the Bible timeline, just a footnote in biblical story--people it would be easy to overlook but we shouldn't underestimate. As you journey through this four-week study, you will be inspired by the backstories of these people of faith who show us that even minor players can teach major lessons.


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One of the most outspoken atheists of the past couple of decades is a man named Dan Barker, who wrote his most recognized work, Losing Faith in Faith, after he "deconverted" from a form of evangelical Christianity to naturalistic atheism. In 1992, he was the public relations director for the Freedom From Religion Foundation. In his book, Baker uses a host of arguments to attack religious people who have attempted to "reconvert" him. In a chapter titled Why I Am An Atheist, Barker lists several reasons that religious people have offered to explain his "deconversion." Sadly, many of those people attacked Barker's character. The following is a brief list of some of the allegations they made against Barker.
After denying these allegations, Barker stated: "A strong clue that a person is arguing from a position of weakness is when character, rather than content, is attacked. Bertrand Russell pointed out that ad hominem is a last-ditch defense of the losing side" (1992, p. 88). Therefore, according to Barker (who agrees with Russell), a person who uses arguments that attack character is a person who is fighting desperately on the losing side.
While the truth of Russell's statement may be questioned (since there are many ill-informed ad hominem arguers who happen to be on the right side), it nonetheless is quite interesting that Barker falls headlong into his own pit by repeatedly attacking character rather than focusing on real evidence.
In fact, only a few pages earlier, Barker wrote an entire chapter titled "Ministers I Have Known," in which he proceeded to attack the general character of ministers he has known. On page 78, Barker commented, "When I think of ministers I have known…I picture the overweight perspiring Foursquare preachers, waving their hankies, shouting and prancing about the stage, ruling their churches like little kingdoms." Just one paragraph later, he included in this list the "skinny Mexican pastor in Nogales whose second wife was pregnant with his twelfth child!… And the televangelist I know who ran off with his secretary and was back on the air in less than two years." The rest of the chapter consists of the same attack on the general character of ministers, as Barker views them. Near the end of the chapter, Barker wrote: "I have a friend who says if you were to take all the preachers in the world and lay them end to end, it would be a good idea just to leave them there."
Now, let us apply Barker's own reasoning to his chapter on ministers. The entire chapter attacks the character of ministers, and thus would be classified as an ad hominem argument (from the Latin meaning "to attack the man"). But, according to Barker, those who use such arguments are using "a last-ditch defense" and are on "the losing side." In this instance, I agree wholeheartedly.
Again, in his treatment of those who are against abortion, Barker stated: "This is the real drive behind the antiabortionists: misogyny [hatred of women—KB]. I don't believe that any one of them cares a hoot for a fetus" (p. 213, emp. added) Such a statement is definitely a bold, ad hominem attack on the motive and character of those who disagree with abortion. I, for one, can say with certainty that I do not hate women. However, I also can say with certainty that an unborn baby is innocent, and that God hates the shedding of innocent blood (Proverbs 6:17). It is on this basis that I must stand as an antiabortionist. Once again, using Barker's own thoughts, he must be "arguing from a position of weakness."
Please note that this article has not attacked Barker's character. He is not referred to as a misogynist or anything of the kind; nor are any moral indiscretions alleged in an attempt to discredit his arguments. On the contrary, his own words have been used to show that, if his thinking is indeed correct about ad hominem arguments, then he is arguing from "a position of weakness rather than content," and such an argument is a "last ditch defense of the losing side."
[For a more in-depth refutation of Barker's book, see: http://www.tektonics.org/JPH_BWTB.html]
Barker, Dan (1992), Losing Faith In Faith—From Preacher to Atheist (Madison, WI: Freedom from Religion Foundation).


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Hey Everyone,
Check out The Bugbytes for my monthly post.
This month I wanted to share an easy project. I did a Christmas design but you can use this for a birthday party or even a nightlight for your children.
Start with a glass block. I got mine at Hobby Lobby. This is the small of the 2 they sale.
I used Armour Etch to give the glass a frosted look. I etched both sides.
Not sure if this picture does it justice but it has a nice frosted look
I then cut out my saying with vinyl. I peeled off the top layer, leaving the saying on the backing.
I use contact paper as my transfer tape to add it to the glass block.
I put small mini lights in the bottom of the glass block.
Here it is all lit up.
I tried to get a good picture with it the lights off
I hope I was able to inspire you today! Thanks for stopping by and checking out the Bugbytes
Until next time!


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It's been another month of amazing entries. We are thrilled with the participation and with the gorgeous heat embossed cards submitted by everyone. Each entry is truly a work of art and we appreciate you taking the time to share with us at CAS Mix up! Thank you.
Below is just a few of the outstanding entries from this month, along with our "Pick of the Month". We hope you enjoyed playing along and that you'll come join us again for a new challenge in June.
We love the soft watercolour on the vellum that's accentuated by the white embossing. What beautiful shading on the flowers and leaves and all that wonderful white space lets this beautiful bouquet shine. CAS Mix Up perfection!
Congratulations, Colleen
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And some more Outstanding Designs
Congratulations to Anita, Barb, Betty, Cathy, Cornelia, Deepti, Harriet, Linda, and Macimbalo
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June's challenge starts in a few days. See you on June 1st!